Warehouse-truck.



B. B. DICKSON.

WAREHOUSE TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2. 1914.

1 ,1 85,383 Patented May 30, 1916.

BRAXTON B. DIcKson,

WAREHOUSE-TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 2, 1914. Serial No. 810,055.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BRAXTON son, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Gainesville, in the county of Cooke,State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVai-ehouse- Trucks; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The present invention is directed to improvements in hand trucks, andhas for its object to so construct a device of this character that thesame may be adjusted in such manner that packages or boxes can be piledto a great height, thus increasing the carrying capacity of the truck.

A further construct a truck that the same may be used with the apronfolded, and at which time the truck is the same in general appearance asthe conventional form of truck.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a fragmental sectionalview, showing the locking means for the apron. Fig. 1 is a fragmentaldetail, showing the manner-of securing the apron fingers to thesupporting bar. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6is'a fragmentary sectional view of one of the side bars.

The truck consists of a pair of side bars 1, which are made from metaland are Z- shaped in cross section, said side bars being held in theirspaced parallel relation by the transverse bars 2. Certain of the bars 2are connected by longitudinal bars 3, and diagonally disposed brace barsa, all of said bars when suitably connected forming a bottom 5. The rearends of the side bars 1 terminate in. curved handles 6, while theforward ends of said bars are provided'with bearing members 7 which areprovided with the wheels 8.

Bolted to the inner surfaces of the forward ends of the side bars 1 areangle plates 9, the same being provided with bearings 10 which receivethe trunnions 11 formed upon B. DICK- object of the invention is to sothe ends of the bar 12, said bar being recof its tangular in crosssection and has one faces formed with a lug 13, the purpose of whichwill appear later. The apron 14 consists of a plurality of sheet metalfingers 15 which are so formed as to provide central ribs 16, the lowerends of which terminate in oppositely disposed flanges 17, which arebolted to the bar 12, said ribs terminating in opposite directed plates18, the lower ends of which terminate in oppositely directed flanges 19,which are bolted to one of the sides of the bar 12, and coact with theflanges 17 to firmly hold the fingers connected to the bar. The fingers15 are suitably braced by horizontally disposed brace bars 20 which areriveted or otherwise secured to the plates 18 of the fingers.

Bolted to the forward ends of the side bars 1 is a stop strip 21, whichis adapted to be engaged by the apron 14: to limit the forward swingingmovement thereof. To prevent the apron from folding accidentally a pawl22 is provided, said pawl being pivotally connected to one of the sidebars 1 and has its upper end disposed so as to engage the lug 13, asshown in Fig; 3, said pawl being yieldably connected to the stop strip21 by the coil spring 23.

Connected to the pawl 22 is end of the wire 24, the rear end of isconnected to a handle mounted in a casing 26, said casing being suitablyconnected to one of the side bars 1 of the truck.

It will be, noted that when the apron 1 1 is folded it forms, in effect,a part of the bottom 5, and at which time the truck may be used inthe'conventional form. When it is desired to pile packages or boxes uponthe truck it is only necessary to swing the apron 14 to the position asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and at which time the pawl 22 engages the lug13.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a truck has beenprovided, which is formed entirely from sheet metal, the same beingextremely light and at the same time is durable and strong.

What is claimed is In a truck, the combination with a body portion, ofan apron hinged thereon, the said apron comprising a horizontally eX-tending bar and a plurality of spaced fingers, a stop member extendingupwardly the forward which Patented May 30, 1916.-

which is slidably and outwardly from said body portion, a pawl pivotallymounted on the body portion beneath the aforementioned bar and to theside of the pivot remote from the stop, the said pawl being constructedand arranged to engage the under face of the said bar to prevent itspivotal movement and maintain the apron in contact with the stop andmeans for disengaging the said pawl from the said bar.

In testimony ture, in the presence whereof, I aflix my signaof twowitnesses.

BRAXTON B. DICKSON.

-W. L. GREENHILL, J. D. HOWETH.

Witnesses Washington. D. 0.

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